well i am sure this has been posted many times before but here goes. i found some gl1 gear oil at a tractor supply place. this stuff is so thin no wonder they quit making it. has anyone used regular gear oil in tranny. it seems to work fine in old british bikes and i can see no reason why it would not work fine in this transmission too
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If you check some prior post and do a search on Gear Lube or GL1 etc... something will come up as I have had this question myself in past.
Again, I know some people have issues with Walmark, but they do carry GL1 gear lube.
Good Luck.
Again, I know some people have issues with Walmark, but they do carry GL1 gear lube.
Good Luck.
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Sorry, I guess I have to read a little closer.
Disregard my prior message.
Thanks
Disregard my prior message.
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GL-1 worked for a lot of years in the old trucks. For that reason alone I'll keep using it. I pulled a PTO off of a 1953 Stude M35. The GO looked like tar but once the it was cleaned out of the PTO, I looked pretty good inside. The PTO has been on one of my M35A2s and is currently in my M275A2.
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>no wonder they quit making it.
It's still being made, I buy Shell GL1. Thin? It's 80W-90, thin compared to some lubes, I guess. You don't want thick goo in your gear bxes.
It's still being made, I buy Shell GL1. Thin? It's 80W-90, thin compared to some lubes, I guess. You don't want thick goo in your gear bxes.
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Kenny,
You said you pulled a PTO off that was gooed up w/ GL1 - got me thinking... My PTO is almost impossible to shift. After lots of cussin' I was able to get into Rev. but not either of the FWD positions. Could that be dried lube? The truck went thru Tooele in 8/90 and has only had 4800 miles since. Looks to be original lube everywhere... Hmmm. If the PTO dried out can the Tranny be far behind? Any thoughts?
You said you pulled a PTO off that was gooed up w/ GL1 - got me thinking... My PTO is almost impossible to shift. After lots of cussin' I was able to get into Rev. but not either of the FWD positions. Could that be dried lube? The truck went thru Tooele in 8/90 and has only had 4800 miles since. Looks to be original lube everywhere... Hmmm. If the PTO dried out can the Tranny be far behind? Any thoughts?
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I doubt that its lube related. The lube in mine was black as tar but still had lube qualities. It wasn't caked up at all. Sounds like something else going on in there. Maybe a linkage problem or funk and rust growing on the shift rails. Be worth taking off anf having a looksee.
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Still on the GL-1 topic! A fellow who has a bunch of Deuces and an oil co. tells me that GL-5 works just fine and is an improvement over the way things were done 30 some odd years ago. Kinda makes sense since the Mil-2105 has progressed through /A, /B,/C, /D, and now /E revisions with the newer lubricants. BUT - Before I go replacing the old GL-1 with GL-5 I thought I had better check for 'The Law of Unintended Consequences'. Has anybody had any experience Pro/Con on this?
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Belay that previous post - I changed my search criteria and found where the subject got beaten to death earlier.
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You said good or bad right. I've used GL-1 exclusively in my deuces and never had a problem attributed to it.